I'm Chad Benning from southern Ontario (Smithville). I've had a lifelong connection with Case garden tractors, beginning with a 155 that my dad purchased when I was a year old. It had a custom made loader that was a lot of fun to use growing up. I broke the odd front wheel spindle when overloading it (thankfully dad was a machinist and it was able to be repaired a few times - obviously a 6xx machine is the way to go!!) We did a basic restoration when I was a little older (rebuilt engine, new coat of paint) but nothing as nice as some members here have done.
Fast forward 25 years and I purchased my own Case GT - a 1981 444. It came with a deck and blade that had a mangled mounting bracket (worked but not great). Have since picked up another blade (with correct bracket) and a dump cart. Everytime I'm on it I have a huge grin!! These machines are amazing; I'm constantly impressed with what they can do. I've been doing the odd repair (brakes, front pivot pin last summer) and am excited for my kids to experience using it (and hopefully collect a few others!) as they grow up.
Here are a few photos. Thanks for the invite - glad to be here!
Chad
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. I'm in my happy place when I'm on my Ingy.
let's go, it's finally time to blow. 